New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28

Kansas from Liverpool to Boston Inc ycchts
day signals were ar d. G. B." Captain Geig made them
out r. d. J. b." This put the Coronet aoout i'ooo
miles east Of Sandy Hook 265 miles from the point
where the Ruga had presumably sighted the DauntesS
The Coronet was bowling along at seven knot speed
FOUL WEATHER AND HIGH WINDS.
The incoming steamers continued to. report
foul weather and high winds, chiefly western
The Kansas had seen the Coronet I'M
der storm rig and 1t thought that
both yachts had had rough work OF it. and made little
progress On March q the Coronet sighted by the
steamship saae in latitude AGO 09. longitude 34 4v
She was running rapidly under strong breeze some
miles to leeward Of the saae One hundred miles iur
Their west the Saale met another yacht TOOK lot
the Dauntess. The veteran racer was bowling py IN
good breeze in latitude 45o &c., longitude 1852 52 Both
yachts were then halfway across The Saale
reached York on Saturday Yesterday afternoon the
by cable that the Coronet had crossed the inc
at Queenstown Both yachts seem to have taken moro
northerly than the one laid down rs proDaoe
Neither skipper ventured as the figures above SHOW iar
from the straight line between the startngpont ana inc
finish.
The race 1t is sad grew out Of discussion last fall
over the merits OF various American yachts in heavy
weather H. Colt the owner OF the Danne s boldly iy
she the sst Ss BY racing odd an Un
s sas q to oh' tho Sa ears of Mr.
Of Sns saf sSafd A The
challenge to all tho OF American Dullt Keei
schooner yachts a from Sandy Hook to Queens
town for o sweepstakes purse $4,000 entrance Inc
race was to be started before May l5 No time allow
ances whatever were 10 be made. , IL,
On January i6 Mr. Colt accepted the challenge. sPn
lating that the should be begun before March 10
March was named the day for starting The Corohe,
could not be got ready IN line u1me,a r nin
a Mr. Bush's request the start was Delayed unu
March 10 That being the day OF Henry Ward Beechers
funeral Mr. Bush, who il member or Plymouth Churcn
asked for another pospOnement The start was hhaiy
made on March q tho COronet crossing the IMAGINARY
line at Owls Head nearly five minutes ahead OF ,ne
Dauntless or the Sandy Hook Ilghtship the BrooKyn
schooner had increased her lead 10 twenty I'VE or thirty
minutes
POINTS OF THE TWO YACHTS
Some Of the Coronets points OF superiority were noted
In TIE TRIBUNE the day after tho starting She Is abig
ger, newer. stronger yacht, and carries moro san
more effectively than the Dauntlcss In the run oi
thirty miles the harbor she slipped away with ease
from the older schooner her sails drawing harder her
straight stem cutting the water with less enort meI
stern leaving almost foamess wake behind IL INC
schooners differ wdelyin appearance Tho Corohets
built forward like piloboat with a straight hgh DOW
and broad body behind Her masts look shorter anu
stocker than those OF the Dauntess They stand ans'
upright too while those OF the Dauntess rake gracciuy
The Dantess has taller tOpmasts and llghter ar oI
bow is narng like Odfashoned yachts, and rather
low The dimensions OF the two racers are rs follows